Team Leader Residential

• Vetting Level Required DBS Enhanced Adult & Children

Salary
: £31,000 per annum

Location: Telford

Contract/

Hours:

Permanent/Full-Time – 37 hours per week

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 nationalretailersdiscounts
• We’reoffering a highly competitive rewards package, plus a comprehensive supervision and development programme to continue your professional development.
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
• Free parking on site

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

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Acorn Way is one of action for children's newest homes, with space for up to four children and currently home to two, acorn way offers a calm and nurturing setting where every young person receives genuine care and consistent support.

Our focus is on helping children enjoy the best possible quality of life, surrounded by adults who believe in them and celebrate every step of their journey.

As Team Leader, you will play a vital role in supporting children with physical and learning disabilities. You will lead and motivate a dedicated care team, ensuring a safe nurturing environment where each child feels valued, respected, and supported.

Drawing on your background in children's residential care and your strong understanding of disability, you will help deliver consistently high‑quality, child-centred care. The role includes overseeing the development and delivery of individual care plans, promoting positive relationships with children and their families, and maintaining the highest standard of safeguarding and well‑being.

This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring excellent communication skills, confident decision making, and commitment to continuous professional development for both yourself and your team. You will also be expected to step in and support the management team when they are not on the premises, ensuring the smooth, safe running of the service at all times.

Are you resilient and have a positive approach to change and challenge? We're looking for someone with a ‘can do' attitude to join our team. Ideally, you'll have:

• The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Provide emotional and social support to children and young people who have physical and learning disabilities.
• Provide direct line management to a team of residential staff to deliver high standards of care
• Leading shifts and supervising staff.
• Link working with young people (managing paperwork and files).
• Developing care plans and identifying agreed outcomes.
• Responsible for the safeguarding of young people.
• Being an advocate for the wellbeing of the young people.

Supporting Young People to achieve positive outcomes.

• Foster a nurturing environment that promotes emotional and Social Development
• Champion a culture of inclusivity and resilience, helping children overcome challenges
• Lead by example, inspiring a dedicated team to deliver compassionate care and guidance.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete:
Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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